Can my Sentry Gun destroy a ship with kamikaze before it gets a chance to use its kamikaze ability?
This is a complicated issue that has been somewhat simplified with rule changes. Using the current rules, Sentry Guns ability goes on the pile at the beginning of a battle phase and it's controller must choose targets for it. Kamikaze is an executed ability that can only be executed at the beginning of a battle phase. Lets say the Sentry Gun targets a ship with kamikaze. Until that pile has been resolved, it is still the beginning of battle and the controller of the kamikaze ship may sacrifice it if he wants to.
In the revised rules, which you can find on the first page of the online rulebook, it says:
Pending abilities: The player whose turn it is choses in which order they go on the pile if more than one pending ability triggers at the same time.
This means that the attacking player would get to choose the order in which they would be placed on the pile.
Also, kamikaze now reads:
Kamikaze X (Sacrifice: This ship deals X damage to target ship or starbase in this region. Play this ability only at the beginning of a battle phase.)
Since sacrificing the ship is now the cost to put the ability on the pile, Sentry Gun wouldn't be able to destroy it anyway.
markof
Thursday, 09 November 2006
MS Internet Explorer 6.0
something i dont get with what you explain
if a sentry gun is involved it means that the battel takes place in a home region right ?
so the kamikaze ship is on the attaking side right ?
so the first thing going in the pile will be the kamikaze action since the atting player has initiative right ?
so the deffending player is free to play is sentry gun ability on that pile and so to destroy the attaking ship before the resolution of kamikaze ???
Tallest
Monday, 06 November 2006
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7
There are cards, such as Basilisk and Mercenary Base that can prevent damage dealt to ships, but there are no cards in the core set that can prevent damage dealt to your starbase.
Kamikaze damage does go through before the Sentry Gun kills the kamikaze ship.
Eric
Monday, 06 November 2006
MS Internet Explorer 6.0
is there any way to prevent kamikaze damage in the battle step? or is this damage un preventable?
how would I stop the damage to my main station if my oppenent attacks with all kamikaze ships?
there must be something...
Rick Bardock
Monday, 06 November 2006
MS Internet Explorer 6.0
so does the kamikaze damage go through before the sentry guns kill the kamikaze ship?
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